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Besi APac Sdn. Bhd., the Malaysian unit of top semiconductor assembly equipment manufacturer BE Semiconductor Industries N.V., has entered into a partnership with DHL Express by joining their GoGreen Plus programme. This programme aims to lower the emissions…
DHL Express has entered into a contract with Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), the parent firm of Malaysia Airlines, to employ DHL’s GoGreen Plus service. The arrangement will allow MAG to decrease the greenhouse gas emissions connected to its punctual…
Nestle, a global food conglomerate, has announced its decision to exit the Dairy Methane Action Alliance, an international consortium committed to reducing methane emissions. The consortium, established in December 2023, comprises members like Danone, Kraft…
Unilever has started a range of programs and initiatives for a net zero value chain by 2039, contributing to Vietnam government’s net zero carbon emissions vision by 2050. In 2021, Unilever published its Climate Transition Action Plan, an ambitious and…
Volkswagen Group has announced that its Aurangabad facility has transitioned to 100 percent green energy. The group had initially targeted reaching the goal by 2025, but it has done so ahead of its target. The facility received its Green Energy Certificate…
AirAsia announced it will be installing an innovative aircraft software modification known as Descent Profile Optimiser (DPO) on its A320ceo aircraft commencing from June in conjunction with the World Environment Day. This upgrade will help to generate fuel…
Hanoi plans to ban motorbikes in core districts after 2025, five years earlier than an earlier plan, in order to reduce traffic congestion and emissions. The ban will apply to all districts within the third ring road and on three major roads: Truong Sa, Hoang…
Royal Dutch Shell, owner of the world’s largest fuel retail network, said on Thursday its total greenhouse gas emissions dropped 16% in 2020 as oil and gas sales fell sharply due to the coronavirus pandemic. Shell said in its annual report that total…
Japan’s Suzuki Moto is co-operating with the Dutch authorities over their findings its diesel vehicles had broken the country’s emissions rules, and it is required to respond to the investigation by mid-February, it said on Friday. The Dutch road authority…
Germany’s motor vehicle authority KBA is investigating Daimler on suspicion that 60,000 Mercedes cars were fitted with software aimed at tricking emissions tests, the Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported on Sunday. A spokesman for Daimler, owner of…
Profits at German high-end carmaker BMW tumbled in 2018, the firm said Friday, with trade headwinds and tough new EU emissions tests’ drag on performance set to last into this year. “Challenges facing the entire sector are unlikely to diminish in the coming…
A Nike warehouse in Melbourne’s Altona North suburb has become the first facility in Australia to receive a ‘whole-of-building’ carbon-neutral certification from the National Carbon Offset Standard. The certification is the latest recognition for the site,…
BMW said that none of its models had been ‘manipulated’ or violated industry regulations. German luxury carmaker BMW on Sunday denied any collusion with industry rivals on emissions from its diesel engines, saying none of its models had been “manipulated” or…
Renault is denying a report that its vehicles are equipped with software that allowed its vehicles to cheat on emissions testing. The statement Wednesday from the French carmaker followed a report in the newspaper Liberation, which claimed to have obtained an…
The Australian consumer watchdog on Thursday said it had sued the Australian arm of world No. 2 carmaker Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) for intentionally selling more than 57,000 vehicles with software which lied about levels of toxic emissions. “These allegations…
Germany’s Daimler will lift the curtain on its much-anticipated long-distance electric car at the Paris Motor Show in October, as the automaker gears up to compete with Tesla Motors Inc’s Model X sport-utility vehicle (SUV). The company will display a…
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